Elevating Green, Lowering CostsIn the global movement toward greening the supply chain, much of the focus in warehousing has been on actual building systems. However, lift trucks use substantial energy and provide significant opportunities for savings. Find out how a review of consumption cost projections can help lead to energy-saving innovations and lower costs.

The Tales Lift Trucks TellAn enterprise fleet management solution is giving lift truck owners tangible benefits in time savings, lower maintenance and operating costs, fewer vehicle impacts and more pallets moved per hour. A large operation may be faced with collecting and analyzing data from tens to hundreds of trucks of various makes across a few or many facilities. With a fleet and warehouse optimization system, managers can monitor and report on vehicle and operator data – and even control performance parameters – from a computer or mobile device.

Protecting the Power SourceThe iBATTERY™ battery management system gives lift truck owners unprecedented power to monitor real-time battery condition and make decisions that optimize battery life and performance. Reduce your cost of ownership and ensure your batteries and forklifts are operating at peak efficiency with this unique battery management system. Access real-time battery data from your computer or mobile device through the unique, single view web portal – the iWAREHOUSE GATEWAY.

Collaboration isn't a new concept. What is new is how we collaborate. Innovative technologies such as social collaboration platforms, mobility applications and intelligent analytics and dashboards have become much more prominent within the supply chain. During this webcast we'll explore how combining these innovations with end-to-end supply chain visibility creates…

Focus on Lift Trucks

Modern's focus on lift trucks takes a look at the top suppliers, trends in forklift fleet management, a user survey and more.

By Modern Materials Handling Staff
August 01, 2012 - MMH Editorial

This Month in Modern: 2012 Lift Truck Issue
It would be difficult to find a more comprehensive snapshot of the current state of lift truck usage, best practices and technology than the issue of Modern that you’re holding in your hands at this very moment.

Fleet management software: The smarter lift truck
Fleet management software is evolving from a tool to track maintenance to a platform for the smarter lift truck. High technology, automatic data collection, sensors and software are probably not the first words you associate with lift trucks. Today’s lift trucks, however, are highly sophisticated pieces of machinery.

Lift truck user survey: How customers acquire, maintain and replenish their fleets
Modern’s first comprehensive lift truck usage survey frames the decision-making process throughout the economic lifespan of a lift truck. How to acquire and when? How and when to train, repair? What data to collect, and what to do with it? Conducted by Peerless Research Group, the survey captures revealing—and sometimes surprising—information about the many ways a lift truck might make its way from the supplier’s showroom to the warehouse floor. From corporate policies to gut instincts, the results depict a real-world fleet landscape poised for sweeping change.

Equipment 101: Lift truck basics
Lift trucks have come a long way since their introduction in the materials handling arena in the 1920s. Today, they are smarter and stronger, and still the indispensable workhorses in our warehouses and distribution centers.

In light of the growth of e-commerce-and the fact that consumers and businesses are buying again, many of the discussions that we had at ProMat 2015 didn't revolve around the products and the equipment on display as much as it did the supplemental technology and solutions that are designed to optimize systems in an effort to work "smarter."